Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries.

[2][3] He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others.

John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time.

[6] In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery.

They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties.